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Show 186 MR. O. SALVIN ON THE BIRDS OF VERAGUA. [Mar. 24, 38. EUPHONIA MINUTA, Cab. ? ; Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 57. E. minuta, Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1860, p. 275. Calovevora ; Bugaba. Two adult male specimens sent by Arce agree accurately with the single example I obtained at Coban in 1859. The yellow forehead is rather darker in colour and greater in extent than in a Bogotan specimen of E. minuta. In the white crissum, in the markings of the tail-feathers, and in the tint of the upper surface, I can trace no difference, and therefore think it best not to describe the bird under a new name, believing that did I do so I should only be adding to the confusion introduced into the group by Cabanis, whose descriptions of the Costa-Rican species, being in several instances based upon immature birds, are very unsatisfactory and perplexing. 39. EUPHONIA GRACILIS (Cab.); J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 333. Bugaba ; V. de Chiriqui. The original specimens upon which Cabanis founded this species were all immature. We now have what I believe to be the adult, of which I give the following description :- Supra cum gutture toto carulescenti-nigra : alis extus viridi-ceneo tinctis: fronte, pilei dimidio antico et corpore subtus luteis: cauda nigra immaculata : long, tota 3*8, alee 2*3, caudce 1*3, tarsi 0*65. Obs. E. concinnce affinis, sed fronte lutea nee nigra et colore supra caerulescentiore facile distinguenda. 40. EUPHONIA LUTEICAPILLA (Cab.); J. f. Orn. 1860, p. 332. Boquete de Chitra; Bugaba. A very pretty and distinct species, of which we have received several specimens, both from Veragua and also from Panama (Paraiso Station). The female may be described as follows :- Supra olivacea : alis caudaque nigris, extus olivaceo limbatis: subtus flava, medialiter clarior, hypochondriis olivaceo indutis. Euphonia crassirostris. Chitra ; Boqueti de Chitra; Calovevora. The undetermined specimen (No. 37 of my previous list) is an immature bird of this species. Euphonia annee. Cordillera del Chucu ; Calovevora. 41. EUPHONIA GOULDI, Scl. Cat. Am. B. p. 60. Bugaba ; V. de Chiriqui. Calliste icterocephala. Calovevora; Boqueti de Chitra; Cordillera del Chucu ; V. de Chiriqui. Calliste gyroloides. Calovevora ; Boqueti de Chitra ; Cordillera del Chucu ; Bugaba ; V. de Chiriqui. |